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From: vishniac@wanginst.UUCP (Ephraim Vishniac)
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Subject: Re: Re: save your money
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Date: Mon, 30-Dec-85 08:32:29 EST
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> > Dear Fellow Amiga Pioneers,
> > 
> > A lot of titles are starting to appear in the stores now and many of 
> > them are bunk.  
> 
> I paid $595 for my first Commodore 64 (I've owned several of them), and
> paid $24.95 for "The Professional 6502 Assembler Language Development
> System" from HES (Human Engineered Software), which consisted of two
> 250 line basic programs...  Whenever a machine is new there will always
> be a plethora of trashy software for it due to the rush to make a profit.
> 
> /mykes

I see a trend here...

The first (and only) piece of software I bought from HES ("Turtle Tracks"
for the Commodore VIC-20) was an incredible piece of trash.  It did very
little; it did it very slowly; it bombed frequently; it was poorly
engineered; and it was incompatible with my Zenith TV.  Fortunately, the
last entitled me to return it for a refund, but only after wasting more
money on several unreturned calls to HES.

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